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Martinez Surname

63rd Most Commonsurname in the World

Approximately 8,714,267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in: MexicoHighest density in: El Salvador

Martinez Surname Definition:

(Span.) genit. of Martín or Martíno: see Martin in Dict.

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Martinez Surname Distribution Map

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• 2014
• 1881
• 1880

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Mexico	3,385,762	1:37	3
Spain	855,332	1:55	6
United States	805,862	1:450	19
Colombia	691,617	1:69	2
Venezuela	391,596	1:77	6
Argentina	381,687	1:112	7
Cuba	234,862	1:49	6
Honduras	234,466	1:38	3
Guatemala	208,787	1:77	9
El Salvador	191,215	1:33	2
Dominican Republic	171,993	1:61	3
Paraguay	168,456	1:43	3
Nicaragua	151,134	1:40	2
Philippines	143,359	1:706	25
Chile	123,988	1:142	9
Peru	115,530	1:275	33
Panama	66,071	1:59	4
France	63,991	1:1,038	36
Ecuador	63,779	1:249	20
Bolivia	61,353	1:173	18
Uruguay	54,248	1:63	3
Puerto Rico	35,396	1:100	27
Brazil	32,965	1:6,494	453
Costa Rica	30,004	1:159	40
Canada	6,339	1:5,813	844
Equatorial Guinea	4,779	1:238	58
Belize	4,561	1:78	1
England	3,718	1:14,986	2,218
Madagascar	3,492	1:6,773	1,367
Italy	3,080	1:19,856	3,408
Germany	2,870	1:28,051	3,699
Switzerland	2,374	1:3,460	465
Australia	1,996	1:13,525	1,941
Belgium	1,996	1:5,760	698
Thailand	1,834	1:38,516	4,158
Morocco	1,397	1:24,679	3,885
Portugal	1,312	1:7,941	722
Andorra	1,272	1:66	4
Trinidad and Tobago	823	1:1,657	268
Netherlands	719	1:23,487	3,784
Guam	478	1:335	42
Croatia	413	1:10,239	1,860
Russia	372	1:387,428	37,653
Sweden	352	1:27,974	2,277
Saudi Arabia	318	1:97,031	14,320
New Caledonia	307	1:900	18
Gibraltar	301	1:113	2
Japan	286	1:447,008	13,665
Bahrain	235	1:5,739	1,064
Oman	225	1:16,391	1,699
Haiti	200	1:53,420	3,174
New Zealand	196	1:23,104	4,060
Denmark	192	1:29,400	3,049
Ireland	190	1:24,784	2,371
French Polynesia	184	1:1,526	259
Lebanon	172	1:32,774	3,270
United States Virgin Islands	162	1:681	88
Scotland	161	1:33,254	3,301
Norway	157	1:32,753	4,576
Vanuatu	157	1:1,677	485
Aruba	152	1:681	88
Greece	122	1:90,818	15,316
Jamaica	122	1:23,524	1,938
Israel	121	1:70,724	8,722
China	115	1:11,889,753	719
Luxembourg	112	1:5,183	740
South Africa	111	1:488,087	40,113
Finland	98	1:56,089	6,598
Austria	97	1:87,788	12,982
Malaysia	89	1:331,396	17,819
Wales	86	1:35,983	3,576
Poland	85	1:447,162	46,049
Curaçao	79	1:1,990	53
United Arab Emirates	79	1:115,978	9,837
Cayman Islands	74	1:863	133
Czechia	73	1:145,664	22,715
Iraq	73	1:479,749	8,022
Indonesia	67	1:1,973,869	124,197
Kuwait	67	1:56,727	6,926
Estonia	54	1:24,478	4,454
Hungary	54	1:181,783	15,754
India	51	1:15,040,498	247,985
Iceland	44	1:8,638	871
Latvia	42	1:48,811	7,408
Malta	42	1:10,245	640
Northern Ireland	41	1:45,001	3,962
Qatar	41	1:57,512	5,907
Brunei	39	1:10,737	1,307
Singapore	39	1:141,223	6,278
Turks and Caicos Islands	39	1:880	118
Antigua and Barbuda	38	1:2,610	406
Hong Kong	34	1:215,750	3,004
Afghanistan	32	1:1,004,787	9,548
Angola	30	1:899,640	3,112
Monaco	29	1:1,278	30
American Samoa	28	1:1,991	404
Botswana	28	1:78,105	13,263
Belarus	27	1:351,891	37,455
South Korea	26	1:1,970,779	449
Suriname	26	1:21,254	4,689
Transnistria	26	1:18,258	3,307
Taiwan	24	1:976,864	6,814
Uzbekistan	22	1:1,405,870	25,726
Kazakhstan	20	1:884,125	54,571
Northern Mariana Islands	19	1:2,873	305
Cyprus	17	1:52,052	5,162
Slovenia	17	1:146,334	13,558
Nigeria	16	1:11,071,422	210,388
Vietnam	16	1:5,790,378	2,464
Ivory Coast	15	1:1,538,082	31,691
Tunisia	15	1:40,708	5,720
Algeria	14	1:2,759,396	44,963
Guyana	14	1:54,444	4,775
Cameroon	13	1:1,597,621	87,539
Bermuda	12	1:5,440	820
Egypt	11	1:8,357,796	48,128
Romania	11	1:1,825,261	53,941
Barbados	10	1:28,745	1,389
Congo	9	1:554,344	12,633
Palau	9	1:2,405	59
Turkey	9	1:8,646,825	130,497
Anguilla	8	1:1,680	152
Bahamas	8	1:48,969	812
Jersey	8	1:12,400	2,398
Moldova	8	1:445,171	30,722
Saint Martin	8	1:4,394	114
Sudan	8	1:4,688,774	8,150
Ethiopia	7	1:13,935,180	19,145
Grenada	7	1:15,505	950
Bulgaria	6	1:1,163,151	37,744
Cambodia	6	1:2,581,191	8,069
Comoros	6	1:124,921	419
Jordan	6	1:1,473,740	19,539
Mongolia	6	1:470,882	11,353
Mozambique	6	1:4,543,595	4,247
Tanzania	6	1:8,823,602	72,091
Azerbaijan	5	1:1,929,824	23,635
Bangladesh	5	1:31,871,355	17,304
Dominica	5	1:15,178	463
DR Congo	5	1:14,775,914	182,895
Iran	5	1:15,356,505	213,424
Isle of Man	5	1:17,164	3,455
Kyrgyzstan	5	1:1,194,531	65,188
Mauritius	5	1:258,683	8,939
Sri Lanka	5	1:4,161,712	12,121
Ukraine	5	1:9,104,539	300,808
Central African Republic	4	1:1,128,848	387
Macau	4	1:150,408	604
Niger	4	1:4,798,004	75,547
Pakistan	4	1:44,660,971	115,884
Serbia	4	1:1,786,237	30,138
Syria	4	1:4,825,256	12,827
Benin	3	1:3,445,201	77,822
Gabon	3	1:629,731	6,761
Ghana	3	1:9,006,897	23,626
Liberia	3	1:1,469,512	38,766
Liechtenstein	3	1:12,793	1,395
Mali	3	1:5,656,345	4,022
Montenegro	3	1:213,188	6,121
Namibia	3	1:803,134	15,170
Nepal	3	1:9,493,652	16,132
Norfolk Island	3	1:765	177
Rwanda	3	1:3,788,326	5,895
Senegal	3	1:4,859,781	6,822
Slovakia	3	1:1,778,817	104,392
Uganda	3	1:13,013,093	160,157
Zambia	3	1:5,283,307	43,479
Armenia	2	1:1,465,090	16,492
British Virgin Islands	2	1:15,797	839
Georgia	2	1:1,872,772	35,618
Guinea	2	1:5,916,908	2,656
North Macedonia	2	1:1,050,736	26,362
Micronesia	2	1:53,122	1,264
Papua New Guinea	2	1:4,076,858	165,791
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1:56,330	1,327
Albania	1	1:2,914,055	29,474
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Cape Verde	1	1:529,642	6,792
Chad	1	1:13,592,199	13,092
Eritrea	1	1:4,751,901	911
Gambia	1	1:1,923,451	1,043
Guernsey	1	1:64,439	2,137
Kenya	1	1:46,179,900	103,372
Lesotho	1	1:2,032,558	23,402
Libya	1	1:6,243,974	6,186
Lithuania	1	1:3,034,588	47,401
Malawi	1	1:17,119,109	34,144
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Myanmar	1	1:51,937,985	2,166
Northern Cyprus	1	1:319,011	10,202
Palestine	1	1:4,548,849	18,388
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1:55,199	1,294
Saint Lucia	1	1:178,781	3,800
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1	1:6,399	357
San Marino	1	1:33,214	932
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	1:177,423	3,686
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Sierra Leone	1	1:7,089,631	1,533
Somalia	1	1:13,452,061	9,224
Tajikistan	1	1:8,386,692	12,859
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Turkmenistan	1	1:5,489,112	11,427
Tuvalu	1	1:11,188	103
Wallis and Futuna	1	1:13,610	185

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	33	1:738,648	34,140

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	4,966	1:10,113	1,308

The alternate forms: Martínez (42,937), Martiñez (30), Mártinez (24), Martinéz (20), Martînez (9), Martinèz (5), Martinêz (4), Màrtinez (3), Martīnez (1), Mártínez (4), Martíñez (1) & Märtínez (1) are calculated separately.

Martinez (9,933) may also be a first name.

Martinez Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Span.) genit. of Martín or Martíno: see Martin in Dict.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Spanish) The son of Martin (belonging to Mars, the god of war).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

It is also used sometimes as a component word of a multi-word surname such as Martínez del Río. Martínez comes from the personal name "Martin", itself derived from the Latin Martinus, whose root is Mars, the name of the Roman god of fertility and war. The name Martin became popular throughout Christian Europe after it was borne by a famous 4th-century saint who was active in Roman Gaul (now France), Martin of Tours. Martínez is a widely spread surname (among other European surnames) due in large part to the global influence of the Spanish culture on territories and colonies in the Americas, Africa and Asia. Likewise, due to emigration throughout Europe, Martínez is relatively common in countries neighboring or near Spain, such as: Andorra, Portugal, France, Switzerland and Italy.

- sthnrm928

Means "son of Martin" in Spanish, which derives from the Roman Martis, the genitive case of the Roman god Mars. By derivative, Martinez would mean "son of Mars".

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• Average Salary in:CanadaCanadaColombiaEnglandItalyNorthern IrelandNorwayPeruScotlandSouth AfricaUnited StatesWales
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• Religious Adherence in:LebanonLebanonRussia
• Political Affiliation in:United StatesUnited States

Martinez Demographics

Martinez Political Affiliationin United States

Sample size: 90,589 (2014)

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Martinez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Martinez Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Martinez (Arabic: مرتينز, Russian: Мартинез) is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Martínez, Martiñez, Mártinez, Martinéz, Martînez, Martinèz, Martinêz, Màrtinez, Martīnez, Mártínez, Martíñez or Märtínez. For other potential spellings of Martinez click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Martinez? popularity and diffusion

The surname Martinez is the 63rd most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 836 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Martinez reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Martinez is also the 61,519th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 9,933 people.

It is the most numerous last name in one country:Belize, where 0.05 percent reside. The last name is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is carried by 3,385,762 people, or 1 in 37. In Mexico Martinez is primarily found in: México, where 16 percent reside, Mexico City, where 8 percent reside and Veracruz, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Mexico this surname occurs in 204 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Martinez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Martinez has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Martinez surname expanded 16,228 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 11,267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Martinez Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Martinez last name is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Maronite (85%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Martinez surname are 41.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.18% registered with the party.

The amount Martinez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 5.56% less than the national average, earning €28,359 per year; in Norway they earn 14.22% less than the national average, earning 296,872 kr per year; in Peru they earn 0.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,202 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.48% more than the national average, earning R 336,216 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.93% less than the national average, earning $21,584,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.14% less than the national average, earning $36,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.15% less than the national average, earning $46,132 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Martínez	96	42,937	/
Martiñez	96	30	/
Mártinez	96	24	/
Martinéz	96	20	/
Martînez	96	9	/
Martinèz	96	5	/
Martinêz	96	4	/
Màrtinez	96	3	/
Martīnez	96	1	/
Martinesz	94	1,060	/
Martinetz	94	578	/
Martinecz	94	184	/
Martiniez	94	122	/
Marttinez	94	118	/
Martienez	94	101	/
Marrtinez	94	64	/
Martinezz	94	58	/
Maartinez	94	52	/
Maertinez	94	37	/
Marthinez	94	36	/
Martionez	94	35	/
Martinerz	94	26	/
Mmartinez	94	20	/
Masrtinez	94	16	/
Martineez	94	15	/
Martinezs	94	12	/
Martinezc	94	11	/
Matrtinez	94	11	/
Martineaz	94	10	/
Martinhez	94	6	/
Martinezx	94	6	/
Mart'inez	94	5	/
Martainez	94	5	/
Marteinez	94	5	/
Martinezt	94	5	/
Martinezp	94	3	/
Martinezj	94	3	/
Martinexz	94	3	/
Martijnez	94	2	/
Martinezh	94	2	/
Martisnez	94	2	/
Mardtinez	94	2	/
Martineiz	94	2	/
Martiĭnez	94	2	/
Martuinez	94	2	/
Martinezì	94	1	/
Martingez	94	1	/
Martinejz	94	1	/
Martignez	94	1	/
Meartinez	94	1	/
Martine	93	52,966	/
Mártínez	92	4	/
Martíñez	92	1	/
Märtínez	92	1	/
D'Martinez	89	6	/
Martinestz	89	5	/
Martines	88	29,087	/
Martinet	88	17,382	/
Martinec	88	4,094	/
Martinie	88	1,321	/
Martiner	88	340	/
Martenez	88	340	/
Mertinez	88	310	/
Martigne	88	252	/
Martynez	88	211	/
Martinex	88	184	/
Marthine	88	180	/
Martineu	88	136	/
Martiniz	88	123	/
Martunez	88	36	/
Martinea	88	35	/
Martiney	88	30	/
Mortinez	88	28	/
Martinee	88	27	/
Marttine	88	20	/
Martined	88	6	/
Martione	88	4	/
Martiene	88	2	/
Martaine	88	1	/
Martinej	88	1	/
Martinei	88	1	/
Marténez	88	1	/
Martýnez	88	1	/
Martinée	88	1	/
Martiníz	88	1	/
Martjnez	88	1	/
Martoine	88	1	/
Martinep	88	1	/
Martinezová	84	38	/
Martinezova	84	1	/
Martinese	82	605	/
Martinets	82	182	/
Martinesc	82	93	/
Martinitz	82	92	/
Martinett	82	65	/
Martineac	82	53	/
Marthinet	82	52	/
Martynetz	82	42	/
Martiones	82	25	/
Martiness	82	22	/
Martineer	82	22	/
Martineis	82	13	/
Maartines	82	13	/
Martineit	82	12	/
Martinech	82	11	/
Marthinie	82	8	/
Martinise	82	7	/
Marteniez	82	6	/
Martenetz	82	6	/
Martinies	82	5	/
Martineus	82	5	/
Marttínez	82	5	/
Marrtines	82	5	/
Martineas	82	4	/
Marthines	82	4	/
Mmartínez	82	4	/
Martínerz	82	4	/
Martienes	82	3	/
Maartínez	82	2	/
Maertínez	82	2	/
Martíneez	82	2	/
Martínezz	82	2	/
Martiniea	82	1	/
Marrtenez	82	1	/
Marteneiz	82	1	/
Martineaj	82	1	/
Martinees	82	1	/
Moortinez	82	1	/
Martinhes	82	1	/
Martínesz	82	1	/
Martínexz	82	1	/
Martínezs	82	1	/
Marrtínez	82	1	/
Marthínez	82	1	/
Martinecs	82	1	/
Martiniec	82	1	/
Martinizh	82	1	/
Martaines	82	1	/
Marttines	82	1	/
Martini	80	162,701	/
Martiny	80	2,901	/
Mortine	80	107	/
Martene	80	103	/
Martyne	80	44	/
Martiné	80	23	/
Martinh	80	8	/
Martíne	80	8	/
Martinj	80	5	/
Martiní	80	1	/
Martène	80	1	/
Martiná	80	1	/
Martinè	80	1	/
Martineczová	80	1	/
Martinesse	78	41	/
Martineche	78	10	/
Martignett	78	2	/
Maarthinej	78	1	/
Marthionne	78	1	/
Marthijnes	78	1	/
Martinesce	78	1	/
Martineich	78	1	/
Martinaise	78	1	/
Martinis	75	3,055	/
Martinić	75	864	/
Martinaj	75	819	/
Martinic	75	635	/
Marteney	75	540	/
Martenet	75	341	/
Marttini	75	181	/
Marteniz	75	98	/
Martinit	75	91	/
Martynes	75	83	/
Martenes	75	75	/
Martynec	75	74	/
Martinio	75	53	/
Martinoy	75	49	/
Mortiner	75	45	/
Martiena	75	44	/
Marteene	75	30	/
Marteina	75	29	/
Martínes	75	25	/
Martinay	75	24	/
Martieni	75	18	/
Martinič	75	18	/
Martinyi	75	12	/
Martinhs	75	11	/
Martenie	75	8	/
Martinii	75	8	/
Martínex	75	6	/
Martaini	75	5	/
Mertines	75	5	/
Martinhi	75	5	/
Mertínez	75	5	/
Martunes	75	4	/
Mortines	75	3	/
Martinoi	75	2	/
Martinês	75	2	/
Martigni	75	2	/
Martinys	75	2	/
Martynee	75	1	/
Martenec	75	1	/
Mortaine	75	1	/
Martynie	75	1	/
Martíned	75	1	/
Martíney	75	1	/
Martaina	75	1	/
Martinès	75	1	/
Martinís	75	1	/
Martoina	75	1	/
Martinoa	75	1	/
Mertiniz	75	1	/
Mertenez	75	1	/
Martyneu	75	1	/
Marrtini	75	1	/
Martinoj	75	1	/
Mairtene	75	1	/
Martener	75	0	/
Marteneu	75	0	/
Martínezová	74	12	/
Martinecová	74	12	/
Martinecova	74	5	/
Martinaiche	74	1	/
Martinézová	74	1	/
Martinesche	74	1	/
Martynets	71	2,651	/
Martinich	71	854	/
Martinais	71	655	/
Mahartini	71	244	/
Martyniec	71	128	/
Martenies	71	100	/
Mortaigne	71	84	/
Martinici	71	63	/
Marteness	71	39	/
Mertinitz	71	21	/
Martenets	71	13	/
Martenhed	71	7	/
Martingay	71	6	/
Marthinis	71	4	/
Martinois	71	4	/
Martiń	71	4	/
Martinuic	71	3	/
Martinhis	71	3	/
Martinijs	71	2	/
Martenicz	71	1	/
Mertinets	71	1	/
Martinhio	71	1	/
Matrtinis	71	1	/
Martenioz	71	1	/
Martiniss	71	1	/
D'Martini	71	1	/
Martienis	71	1	/
Meartinio	71	1	/
Morteiner	71	0	/
Marteeney	71	0	/
Martenitz	71	0	/
Mortini	67	885	/
Martena	67	687	/
Marteny	67	173	/
Mortene	67	62	/
Marteni	67	55	/
Mortaignie	67	39	/
Martinaggi	67	37	/
Martyni	67	29	/
Martyny	67	28	/
Mortyne	67	10	/
Martiñá	67	7	/
Martíny	67	4	/
Martynh	67	4	/
Maharthini	67	3	/
Maartenies	67	1	/
Marthenise	67	1	/
Martînî	67	1	/
Martíni	67	1	/
Marthinnoa	67	1	/
Martinaitė	67	1	/
Marthionni	67	0	/

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Martinez Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Martinez in the Russian language
Мартинез	martinez	-
Martinez in the Arabic language
مرتينز	mrtynz	-
مارتنيز	martnyz	-
مارتينيز	martynyz	-

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